Lawyers for embattled former Garden State pol Bob Menendez urged a Manhattan federal judge to let him stay out of custody as he appeals, calling him a “septuagenarian who devoted half a century to public service.”
Disgraced ex-NJ senator ‘Gold Bar Bob’ Menendez asks to delay prison stint as he appeals bribery conviction
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January 29, 2025
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